Unfortunately, I'm afraid that we're going to go into another rebuilding cycle shortly, and I don't see how we would be a realistic CL challenger by selling Vidal amd using that to buy Jovetic and Guarin. Marrotta, with each passing year, doesn't seem like he can take this team beyond where we are at right now. It's just more of the same every year. There has to be something wrong, if we can't add a game changing player to our ranks, and continue to spend chunks of the budget on mid level players. It is going to be a repetitive cycle, with varied ceilings. Like winning Serie a every few years and improving the quality of bench players with each passing year to help us sustain a certain level domestically, but no real possibility of being a realistic challenger for the CL even on paper. We've spent a bit from our budget and we still don't have a single player, who actually is a value adding starter. There's Evra if we play a 433, but he's 33, so even he will need replacing shortly. I don't know how the mercato will end, but seeing how things are going, I think our best bet is to hold on to Vidal, rather than relish the possibilities of what 60m could bring us.
It's probably no surprise that our €20m signing fits directly into 3-5-2, and any formation we play, whereas the likes of Pereyra or Coman would better suit a back four variant.
If we start to change the formation up over the season with those players (plus maybe Pepe) then it gives a clear idea and chance to really improve the starting line up in the next major window (likely summer 2015). With 3-5-2 there is next to no room to improve it. You can look at Bonucci or Llorente at a push (Morata alternative now), but really there aren't a million great sweepers around, and not in our scope.
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